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Disappeared : a journalist silenced : the Irma Flaquer story

"One calm October evening in 1980, Guatemalan journalist Irma Flaquer was chased through the streets, then dragged form her car and never seen again. Founder of the first Guatemalan Human Rights Commission and a crusading reporter, Flaquer endured beatings, car bombings and office shootings until her abduction and presumed murder. This is the story of a vibrant visionary and an emerging nation struggling against the strictures of Cold War politics and the long arm of American foreign policy."Read more...

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"Disappeared" paints a gripping and complicated portrait of Guatemalan journalist Irma Flaquer, a vibrant woman with a passionate vision, and of an emerging nation struggling against the strictures of Cold War politics and behind-the-scenes U.S. involvement.Read more...

""One calm October evening in 1980, Guatemalan journalist Irma Flaquer was chased through the streets, then dragged form her car and never seen again. Founder of the first Guatemalan Human Rights Commission and a crusading reporter, Flaquer endured beatings, car bombings and office shootings until her abduction and presumed murder. This is the story of a vibrant visionary and an emerging nation struggling against the strictures of Cold War politics and the long arm of American foreign policy.""@en